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Friendship--It's Complicated

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In Friendship—It’s Complicated, Andi Andrew takes a real, raw, and relatable approach to women’s friendships, opening the door to the reader’s heart by laying hers bare and inviting us to uncover and face the hidden obstacles that cause our relationship breakdowns, especially with other women. Andi challenges us to adopt the mindset that other women are our sisters, daughters, mothers, and friends and not our competition. To help the reader process, she places Reflection Points throughout the book to encourage the reader to stop, recall, ponder, and make sense of the relational hiccups we’ve all experienced in our friendship journeys. Instead of hiding at the back of the book, these stopping points appear at the very spot where memories of past hurts –felt or caused--are stirred up so that the reader can search her heart while the emotions are fresh and take a step toward self-awareness and healing. In the last chapter, Andi explains what it means to be a spiritual midwife and urges women to step into that life-producing role for one another. Although this book was written by a woman for women, men too can benefit from its wisdom—not only as a learning tool to help them understand the women in their lives and support them through the relationship challenges they are dealing with, but also as a guide through their own friendship difficulties.

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